Good Variety Packs

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  1. stoutmasterjames

    stoutmasterjames Initiate (0) Mar 8, 2010 Maryland

    We all know the usual variety pack experience...

    one beer is excellent
    one beer is pretty good
    one beer is okay
    the last one is "meh" (or horrible)

    Some variety packs do better than this. Others fail to hit even this low mark (Saranac, I'm looking in your direction.)

    So, for the benefit of the other beer shoppers here, why don't you list one or two excellent variety packs, and perhaps one that didn't meet your expectations.

    All good beers
    1. 4-way IPA (2015)
    2. Oscar Blues CANundrum (even better before the inclusion of Pinner, but still awesome)

    Fail
    Every Saranac variety pack ever made.
     
    #1 stoutmasterjames, Mar 20, 2015
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  2. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Odell's variety pack, montage, is always a winner for me. I mean c'mon, 90 schilling, IPA, runoff red, and wolfpicker are all great beers.
     
    #2 SFACRKnight, Mar 20, 2015
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  3. denver10

    denver10 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,155) Nov 17, 2010 New Mexico
    Pooh-Bah

    This.
     
    #3 denver10, Mar 20, 2015
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  4. Gear54

    Gear54 Initiate (0) Jun 29, 2014 Indiana

    Have yet to be dissapointed in any if the Stone 4 pack varietys.
     
    #4 Gear54, Mar 20, 2015
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  5. CountCitra

    CountCitra Initiate (0) Feb 22, 2015 Florida

    the sierra nevada winter pack, was the pack in question.

    the coffee stout was great
    the porter good
    the pale ale ok
    and the white ipa was horrible
     
    #5 CountCitra, Mar 20, 2015
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  6. stoutmasterjames

    stoutmasterjames Initiate (0) Mar 8, 2010 Maryland

    What are the names of these Stone variety packs? I can ask my local liquor store to carry them. Anything w/ the name Stone attached to MUST be awesome.
     
    #6 stoutmasterjames, Mar 20, 2015
  7. Gear54

    Gear54 Initiate (0) Jun 29, 2014 Indiana

    The first was the stone mixed 4 pack with bombers of arrogant bastard, self righteous, Russian imperial and stone IPA. Then I found one at the same store that was called the Stone Bastard Box. It had 4 bombers of arrogant bastard, double Bastard, lucky bastard and a bourbon barrel aged arrogant bastard. That one was amazing!

    I will be grabbing up more than one of those boxes if I ever get the chance again.
     
    #7 Gear54, Mar 20, 2015
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  8. tkline808

    tkline808 Initiate (0) Apr 30, 2013 Pennsylvania

    My go to variety pack is The Big Show by Great Divide. Usually you get Yeti, Hibernation, Orabelle and Colette.. Just picked up a case yesterday and it had Yeti, Espresso oaked aged Yeti, Hibernation and Orabelle.....Can never go wrong with that
     
    #8 tkline808, Mar 20, 2015
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  9. BriantheBeerGeek

    BriantheBeerGeek Zealot (585) May 26, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Stone mixed 12 pack is by far the best variety case out there in both quality and value, plus if its purcased witin the enjoy by date its always fresh. No guessing game or searching for a code or date, it puts it right out there; I'm fresh. Plus they sell so quickly that you don't have to worry about that anyway! This year's line up is amazing. Delicious, Belgie, Arrogant and Ruin. I do wish though that Oaked Bastard would have returned because we had regular Bastard in last year's variety.

    Sierra Nevada mixed pack honorable mention, when fresh.
     
    #9 BriantheBeerGeek, Mar 20, 2015
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  10. BriantheBeerGeek

    BriantheBeerGeek Zealot (585) May 26, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Wish we had these in SE PA!
     
    #10 BriantheBeerGeek, Mar 20, 2015
  11. dank203

    dank203 Maven (1,271) May 21, 2012 New Jersey

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  12. seabeetastetest

    seabeetastetest Initiate (0) Feb 18, 2015 Texas

    Lets take a moment to remember self righteous... RIP old friend
     
    #12 seabeetastetest, Mar 20, 2015
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  13. tasterschoice62

    tasterschoice62 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,949) May 14, 2014 Rhode Island
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Jacks Abby just get came out with one. Can't go wrong with any of their beers.
     
    #13 tasterschoice62, Mar 20, 2015
  14. marioluck

    marioluck Initiate (0) Dec 6, 2014 Massachusetts

    Victory: Prima Pils; HopDevil; Golden Monkey; Headwaters Pale
     
    #14 marioluck, Mar 20, 2015
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  15. hillind

    hillind Savant (1,007) Apr 24, 2010 Pennsylvania

    Like others have said, Stone is by far the best mix pack IMO. Victory and Troegs also have solid ones. Green Flash had a nice one as well
     
    #15 hillind, Mar 20, 2015
  16. FRANKIE65

    FRANKIE65 Initiate (0) Dec 12, 2014 Canada (ON)

    St Bernardus mixer pack...six amazing brews for less than $19 Canadian
     
    #16 FRANKIE65, Mar 20, 2015
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  17. HeislerGold

    HeislerGold Zealot (577) Oct 19, 2013 Michigan

    Great Lakes. There are those who believe that Burning River is a weak link in that pack but I disagree, assuming the beer isn't approaching it's drink by date.
     
    #17 HeislerGold, Mar 20, 2015
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  18. stoutmasterjames

    stoutmasterjames Initiate (0) Mar 8, 2010 Maryland

    Excuse my ignorance.... it can be hard to get Stone where I live. Did they discontinue Sublimely Self-righteous? Because it is still featured on their web page.
     
    #18 stoutmasterjames, Mar 20, 2015
  19. Grodd87

    Grodd87 Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Love victory and Great Lakes
     
    #19 Grodd87, Mar 20, 2015
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  20. seabeetastetest

    seabeetastetest Initiate (0) Feb 18, 2015 Texas

    yes unfortunately they did they did away with the pale ale too and just announced recently the ruination ipa too but it will be back in a 2.0 version
     
    #20 seabeetastetest, Mar 20, 2015
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